Friday, July 20, 2007

Google exec settles with SEC for SmartForce work | CNET News.com

Apparently did some evil, but not on purpose; he still has Google's full support. A former CFO without any accounting background?...

"In retrospect, Mr. Drummond acknowledges that he would have been better served in his role at SmartForce had he possessed an accounting background," Drummond's attorney Harvey Wolkoff said in a statement.

"However, it was not unusual during this period in time to find many CFOs like David who were not trained as accountants, but instead were hired for their expertise in other important corporate functions."